I don't think a entire touch screen interface will work. Most photogs operate their camera without ever looking at any of the buttons. Not sure one can use a touch screen display with the same speed and ease. I certainly don't think I can.

Try using your touchscreen phone without looking at it ...

Edit: Jim, you beat me to it!

Logged

I took a hiatus from CR for a year and a half. The discussions haven't changed much. Excellent information is still being shared while people bitching about Canon cameras are still bitching and haven't moved on to Sony

canon rumors FORUM

I think the touch feature on entry camera such as T5i could be cool,but couldn't imagine seeing that on the professional line.Somehow, I feel like it losing the old school *reason why some folk still shoot Leica?

Hmmmm ... I'm happy with my CamRanger which allows me to view/shoot images on dozens of screen sizes ... besides, Canon, most likely, will charge a bomb for this camera.

yeah well not everyone likes to carry another pice of gear around...a 1 models expensive? a thing never heard of.

Quote

A slightly bigger touchscreen on the back, right next to the buttons anyway? Meh.

sorry but you guys are really a sad bunch. instead of saying "hey great bigger screen, higher resolution and touch function" you try to find reason to not like it.

i guess when someone hands you a trolley with money your complain that you have to pull it home.

bigger display.. higher resolution.. im all for it!

You take my comment wrong; I wouldn't complain about it if it is a feature of the next 1D body, but it isn't something I'd shop for. Canon has an effective tactile interface that works, no sense ruining good trying for perfect.

canon rumors FORUM

Lichtgestalt

You take my comment wrong; I wouldn't complain about it if it is a feature of the next 1D body, but it isn't something I'd shop for. Canon has an effective tactile interface that works, no sense ruining good trying for perfect.

i agree that i would not exchange the buttons for a touchscreen.but a touchscreen can be effective in some situations.

it´s like live view.first the majority of still shooter said LV is useless.it took some time before people realized that, for some situations, it´s great.i would not buy a camera without LV theses days.

A touch screen would work very well for me. I've tried out the one on the t4i and found it to be very useful in many cases. Certainly, buttons won't go away, but in liveview, being able to just touch the eye of your subject and have the camera instantly focus on that spot is very handy in studio situations. I'd love to see it be able to work from a large screen monitor tethered to the camera in the studio.

I have very little feeling in my fingers, and don't always know which button, if any, my finger is resting on. I even have difficulty with the shutter button.